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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Rare-earth metals are critical to the high-tech society we live in as an essential component of mobile phones, computers and many other everyday devices. But increasing demand and limited global supply means we must urgently find a way to recover ... <a title="Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing, so we’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/demand-for-rare-earth-metals-is-skyrocketing-so-were-creating-a-safer-cleaner-way-to-recover-them-from-old-phones-and-laptops-141360/" aria-label="Read more about Demand for rare-earth metals is skyrocketing, so we’re creating a safer, cleaner way to recover them from old phones and laptops">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content National Party leadership Matthew Hooton (Herald): My message to National – and how to avoid another leadership fiasco (paywalled) Peter Dunne: National needs to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 16 2021">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University India is in the grip of a massive second wave of COVID-19 infections, surpassing even the United States and Brazil in terms of new daily infections. The current spike came after a brief lull: ... <a title="After early success, India’s daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/after-early-success-indias-daily-covid-infections-have-surpassed-the-us-and-brazil-why-158783/" aria-label="Read more about After early success, India’s daily COVID infections have surpassed the US and Brazil. Why?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Perhaps the most important lesson from the Christine Holgate controversy is that the confluence of sexism and politics leads to double standards for female executives. But Holgate’s demise – pushed from her position as Australia Post’s chief executive last November for ... <a title="Vital Signs: Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/vital-signs-christine-holgates-principal-error-was-applying-corporate-logic-to-australia-post-158959/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington As part of New Zealand’s well-being budget in 2019, the government announced an unprecedented NZ$1.9 billion increase in funding for the mental health sector. But almost two years on, there are no tangible signs of ... <a title="Road to nowhere: New Zealanders struggle to get the help they need, 2 years on from a funding boost for mental health services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/road-to-nowhere-new-zealanders-struggle-to-get-the-help-they-need-2-years-on-from-a-funding-boost-for-mental-health-services-158868/" aria-label="Read more about Road to nowhere: New Zealanders struggle to get the help they need, 2 years on from a funding boost for mental health services">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel: the warp drive, a hypothetical way to skirt around the universe’s ultimate speed limit by bending the fabric of reality. It was an intriguing ... <a title="New warp drive research dashes faster than light travel dreams – but reveals stranger possibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/new-warp-drive-research-dashes-faster-than-light-travel-dreams-but-reveals-stranger-possibilities-158070/" aria-label="Read more about New warp drive research dashes faster than light travel dreams – but reveals stranger possibilities">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Rojas, Speech pathologist and Lecturer in Voice Disorders, Department of Speech Pathology, Orthopedics & Audiology, La Trobe University Losing our voice, having a hoarse voice, or having any difficulties with our voice can be challenging, especially for those who need to use it for work. For ... <a title="How to actually fix a lost voice, according to science (hint: lemon and honey doesn’t work)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/how-to-actually-fix-a-lost-voice-according-to-science-hint-lemon-and-honey-doesnt-work-158230/" aria-label="Read more about How to actually fix a lost voice, according to science (hint: lemon and honey doesn’t work)">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Driscoll, Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University Feral horses are a catastrophic problem for the environment, particularly in the high country that crosses the New South Wales and Victoria border. To deal with this growing issue, the Victorian government has released a draft feral horse action ... <a title="Victoria’s new feral horse plan could actually protect the high country. NSW’s method remains cruel and ineffective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/victorias-new-feral-horse-plan-could-actually-protect-the-high-country-nsws-method-remains-cruel-and-ineffective-158317/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s new feral horse plan could actually protect the high country. NSW’s method remains cruel and ineffective">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Home education, sometimes called homeschooling, is when children are educated outside a formal institution like a school. Parents of home-educated children are wholly responsible for facilitating their child’s learning. This is different to distance education, where a student ... <a title="Homeschooling boomed last year. But these 4 charts show it was on the rise before COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/homeschooling-boomed-last-year-but-these-4-charts-show-it-was-on-the-rise-before-covid-157309/" aria-label="Read more about Homeschooling boomed last year. But these 4 charts show it was on the rise before COVID">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Perhaps the most important lesson from the Christine Holgate controversy is that the confluence of sexism and politics leads to double standards for female executives. But Holgate’s demise – pushed from her position as Australia Post’s chief executive last November for ... <a title="Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/christine-holgates-principal-error-was-applying-corporate-logic-to-australia-post-158959/" aria-label="Read more about Christine Holgate’s ‘principal’ error was applying corporate logic to Australia Post">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland A recent survey found almost 70% of Australians believed in or were open to the existence of the soul — meaning they believe we are more than the stuff out of which ... <a title="Friday essay: what do the 5 great religions say about the existence of the soul?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/friday-essay-what-do-the-5-great-religions-say-about-the-existence-of-the-soul-156205/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: what do the 5 great religions say about the existence of the soul?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, juggling a couple of committee engagements, hadn’t planned to attend Tuesday’s hearing at which former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate appeared. But party elder Ron Boswell was insistent, telling Canavan he must be there, in ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Christine Holgate gets her own bully pulpit – and uses it to effect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/16/grattan-on-friday-christine-holgate-gets-her-own-bully-pulpit-and-uses-it-to-effect-159060/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Christine Holgate gets her own bully pulpit – and uses it to effect">Read more</a>
